Department of Veterans Affairs (381), Austin Automation Center, 1615 E. Woodward St., Austin, TX 78772

70 -- COMPUTER AND ASSOCIATED PERIPHERAL LEASE/RENTAL SOL 200-9-99 DUE 031599 POC Bill Cox, 512-326-6241 E-MAIL: Click here to contac the contracting officer via email, william.cox@mail.va.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation # 200-9-99 is hereby issued as a Request for Proposals. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-10. This contract will be awarded full and open competition. A firm-fixed price contract is anticipated. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Austin Automation Center (VA-AAC), requires the lease or rental of personal computer resources to include personal computers (PCs), PC Servers, local area network (LAN) components and cabling equipment, printers, and the technicians required to support training events or classes sponsored by the VA-AAC. The PCs are required to operate in a Windows NT environment. These training events or classes may occur at any place in the United States, but primarily will take place in the Austin, Texas area. The VA-AAC plans to award a single indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for one year of ordering with four option ordering years, with task orders issued as required by VA-AAC, and a contract guaranteed minimum of $50,000 in the first ordering year only. A major recurring event is the annual Information Technology Conference (ITC). For this event the contractor must set up and maintain at a high operational level LAN personal computer equipment as detailed in floor layouts for all classrooms, lecture halls, demonstrations and information/demonstration booths. About 200 different training sessions for an estimated 2,500-3,000 conference attendees will be provided during this conference. This training facility is currently at the Austin Convention Center located at 500 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas 78701, but in option years may not be limited to that location. This even is an example of a large task on the contract. A bid for this particular task is not to be submitted in response to this solicitation, but will be a task order issued to the awardee of the contract. Contract Line Items (CLINs) to be quoted for each ordering period of the contract consist of the following: CLIN 0001: Personal Computers: A minimum of 383 PCs with following configuration: Pentium 300mhz Desktop (classrooms/mail stations/registration) 512k cache 64mb memory 4.5gb hard drive 3.5'floppy drive 14-32x CD ROM 4mb Video with 1600 x 1200 resolution capability 15"/17"/21" Color VGA monitor, non-interlace, .28mm dot pitch capable of handling 1280 x 1024 resolution 2 serial ports and 1 parallel port Audio capability (SoundBlaster compatible) MS compatible mouse (PS2 or serial) Enhanced 104 key keyboard 3COM 10/100 Network Interface Card MS Windows NT workstation certified Certified Y2K compliant PLUS 35 additional 21" monitors CLIN 0002: Personal Computer Servers A minimum of 1 -- Pentium Quad 400mhz (FPC Server) & minimum of 2 -- Pentium Dual 400 mhz (Exchange/BFPC Server) with 512k cache 512mb memory Minimum of 3 PCI and 3 ISA slots Raid 5 disk system with 4 -- 9gb hard drives 12/24gb DDS tape backup system 3.5'floppy drive 14-32x CD ROM 4mb Video with 1600 x 1200 resolution capability 17" Color VGA monitor, non-interlace, .26mm dot pitch capable of handling 1280 x 1024 resolution 2 serial ports and 1 parallel port Audio capability (SoundBlaster compatible) MS compatible mouse (PS2 or serial) Enhanced 104 key keyboard 3COM 10/100 Network Interface Card MS Windows NT server certified Certified Y2K compliant PLUS- a minimum of 2 -- Pentium 400mhz (PDC/BDC Server) 512k cache 256mb memory Minimum of 3 PCI and 3 ISA slots Raid 5 disk system with 3 4.5gb hard drives 12/24gb DDS tape backup system 3.5'floppy drive 14-32x CD ROM 4mb Video with 1600 x 1200 resolution capability 17" Color VGA monitor, non-interlace, .28mm dot pitch capable of handling 1280 x 1024 resolution 2 serial ports and 1 parallel port Audio capability (SoundBlaster compatible) MS compatible mouse (PS2 or serial) Enhanced 104 key keyboard 3COM 10/100 Network Interface Card MS Windows NT server certified Certified Y2K compliant CLIN 0003: Local Area Network Components and Cabling Minimum Quantity Description 2 16-port Fiber Optic Backbone Switch. Each port should operate at 10/100 MB. 11 24-port 10Base-T stackable switch with 100 MB Fiber Optic Backbone with ST connector and appropriate cables to connect to another stackable switch. * 1 24-port combination 10/100Base-T stackable switch with 100 MB Fiber Optic Backbone with ST connector and appropriate cables to connect to another stackable switch. * 5 24-port 10Base-T stackable switch with 10 MB Backbone with UTP connector and appropriate cables to connect to another stackable switch. 3 8-port 10Base-T stackable hub with 10 MB Fiber Optic Backbone with ST connector and appropriate cables to connect to another stackable switch. * 1 12-port 10 MB Fiber Optic switch with Fiber Optic ST connectors. There should also be a 100 MB Fiber Optic Backbone with ST connector. * 1 12-port 10Base-T switch with 10 MB Fiber Optic Backbone with ST connector. * 2 12-port 10Base-T stackable switch with 10 MB Backbone with UTP connector and appropriate cables to connect to another stackable switch. 1 12-port 10Base-T stackable switch with 100 MB Fiber Optic Backbone with ST connector and appropriate cables to connect to another stackable switch. * 50 8-port 10Base-T hub with a 10Base-T backbone connector. There must be 8 ports available for customer use. 10 12-port 10Base-T hub with a 10Base-T backbone connector. There must be 12 ports available for customer use. * Note: If the switch backbone Fiber Optic connector is not an ST connector, then a Fiber Optic jumper cable must be provided that converts to an ST type connector. Cabling Provide and install unshielded twisted pair (UTP) category 5 cabling from hubs/switches to desktop PCs and printers. Provide and install fiber optic jumpers from the Austin Convention Center demarcation point to the switches/hubs located throughout the building. CLIN 0004: Printers/Modems At least 15 Printers -- HP Laser Jet IV (minimum) with at least 6mb of memory and Jet Direct (BPC-J2552A) interface cards with 10 Base-T/BNC that support Microsoft NT/TCP-IP, EPA Energy Star Compliant with the ability to disable power saving features. At least 5 modems External (Hayes compatible) 56K v.90 Fax/Modem with interface cables. CLIN 0005: Technical Support Contractor to supply adequate personnel to perform set-up before conference and at least 2 personnel on-site during entire conference. These Contractor personnel must have telecommunications experience and at least one technician must be Microsoft NT-ETHERNET LAN certified. The Contractor personnel must be able to troubleshoot data telecommunications problems and must have used and managed telecommunications software packages such as PROCOMM Plus. The Contractor personnel must have used and managed the Microsoft software packages such as "Microsoft Office," "Visual Basic," "Microsoft Access" and Microsoft NT server/workstation. Experience requirements must be documented by resumes and provided to VA. Contractor personnel also should have knowledge in troubleshooting LAN problems and correcting them. This should include knowledge of Hubs, switches, Intel Desktop PCs, Intel Servers, Cabling (fiber and UTP), and LAN monitoring. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Evaluation-Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial; 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Item. Evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of provision 52.212-2 are as follows; (i) technical capability to meet the Government requirement; (ii) price; and (iii) past performance. Criteria (i) and (iii) are more important than price. All offerors are to include with their offers a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certification -- Commercial Items. The remaining FAR clausesapplying to this solicitation are 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items; 52.216-18, Ordering, with paragraph (a) from date of award of the contract through September 30, 2004; 52.216-19, Order Limitations, with paragraph (a) $1,000, paragraph (b) (1) $950,000.00, (b)(2) $950,000.00, (b)(3) 30, and paragraph (d) 10; 52-216-22, Indefinite Quantity, with paragraph (d) September 30, 2005; 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services; 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract, with paragraph (c) 6.5 years; and 52.232-33, Mandatory Information for Electronic Funds Transfer Payment. Offerors shall submit 3 references for evidence of performance within the past three years involving the supply of equipment and technical support for a conference of similar size and scope to the annual ITC described above. Award will be made to the offeror that provides the best value to the Government. Quotations shall include resumes of professional personnel to be utilized on this project. Please submit five copies of offers to VA-AAC -- William A. Cox, Contract Specialist -- Contracts Section (381) -- 1615 Woodward Street, Austin, TX 78772. All offers are due by March 15, 1999, 3:00 p.m. CST. Offers/Bids received after the exact time specified will not be considered. Electronic submittals are encouraged. Referenced clauses can be found on the Internet at http://farsite.hill.af.mil or http://www.arnet.gov/far/ Posted 02/11/99 (W-SN297408). (0042)

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